Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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with her. A few left suicide notes mentioning the
singer by name.
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This is the ultimate damage done by making a
woman a mere object of the “screen,” a mere
plaything of the imagination. If a woman devotes
her life to managing her home, she becomes the
giver of life to the young, whereas when she leaves
her home to become a means of entertainment for
others, she can do them the greatest injury — even
becoming a morbid stimulus to annihilation.
AWAY FROM NATURE
The human baby is the weakest and most tender of
all the babies of living creatures. It therefore needs
its parents’ care and guidance in its physical and
mental growth for a more extended period than any
other young creature. That is why nature has
endowed parents with a special attraction for their
offspring.
In the past, the separation of children from their
parents was caused only by emergencies such as
war, or occasional premature death, and, in normal
circumstances, it was taken for granted that the
